Talk abstract:

On the Computation of R₀ (Including Age-structure Examples)

Zhilan Feng
Department of Mathematics
Purdue University zfeng@math.purdue.edu

We demonstrate different approaches to compute the basic reproductive numbers for several existing epidemiological models. These examples include ODEs models, PDEs models, or models consisting of integral equations.

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1998-1999 Mathematics in Biology